At Onjaku, you will find not only exceptional culinary skills but also the ultimate ingredients that can only be found in this region. Today’s meal was truly moving in its deliciousness.◇ Drinks Non-Alcoholic Champagne Craft Soda: Tea with Apple and Ginger ◇ Grilled Jindo Squid The squid is quickly grilled with soy sauce, served over mizuna, and topped with charcoal salt and homemade mustard.◇ Fried Baby Horse Mackerel Lightly fried, you can enjoy the flesh, bones, and innards all together.◇ Boiled Kamatsu from Yaizu with Homemade Sansho Served over molokhia, the delicately boiled kamatsu is fragrant with sansho, and the molokhia wraps the flavors beautifully—an outstanding dish!◇ Soup Dish White Sweet Sea Bream, Shiitake, Baby Yuzu ◇ Sliced Bonito & Liver from the Bloodline The liver, seasoned with sesame oil and salt, tasted like fresh liver sashimi, which was surprising.◇ Grilled Skin of Flower Sea Bream with Green Onion Sauce The crispy skin is delicious!◇ Fruit Tomato The sweetness, acidity, and richness of flavor stand out.◇ Fried Ginger Shiso Known as Kunou Ginger, when you bite into it, the ginger bursts out, refreshing and delightful. This was truly impressive!◇ Grilled Eel Wrapped in Spring Roll Skin with Burdock and Sansho Eel wrapped in spring roll skin! This is a new sensation!◇ Whole Roasted Turnip Charred in the dark, the skin is peeled off to reveal the sweetness of the excellent ingredient!◇ Edamame Puree It’s that season already! Refreshing and reminiscent of early summer.◇ Grilled Kinmedai with Wood Leaf Sauce This specialty is simply the best!◇ New Ginger Rice A refreshing dish unique to early summer!◇ Kuzu Stew with Clams and Oritodasu Eggplant It’s amazing that such fine clams can be caught nearby. They are tender wrapped in kuzu.◇ Rice with Freshly Milled Rice from Makinohara Plateau The best!◇ Rice with Young Wheat Squid (a baby type of surume squid) and Watercress The squid is tender, and the use of watercress is a nice touch!◇ Marinated Horse Mackerel Rice I was reminded of how delicious marinated rice can be. The horse mackerel has a delightful crunch!◇ Sesame Dashi Chazuke This is incredibly delicious! The salt is a blend of Maldon and coarse salt, chosen by the owner.◇ Pickles & Miso Soup The pickles here are always consistently delicious!◇ Kawachi Bankan and Natsumi Tea Jelly A syrup extracted from a plant called Hamagou, paired with refreshing citrus and sweet jelly.◇ Tara Sprouts and Udo, Mochi Barley and Walnuts, wrapped in Wild Vegetable Mochi A dessert that encapsulates the remnants of spring.◇ Matcha The staff kindly reduced the portion size for my photos, so it may appear less voluminous, but normally, the servings are quite generous, so rest assured. This restaurant is worth taking the Shinkansen just for the experience. It is the ultimate subtraction of flavors in Japanese cuisine that makes the ingredients shine.
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